lists: Biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2012
Biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2012
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RANKED BY | Number of manufacturing staff in 2012
| Rank '13 | Company | Head office | Products | Year founded | Total B.C. staff '13 | No. manufacturing staff '13 |
| 1 | Sunrise Farms sunrisefarms.ca | Surrey | Poultry processing: fresh, chilled or frozen chicken, poultry meat | 1983 | 900 | 750 |
| 2 | Avcorp Industries Inc www.avcorp.com | Delta | Designer and manufacturer of aircraft components and structures such as horizontal and vertical stabilizers, wing and fuselage components | 1986 | 5501 | 500 |
| 3 | Teal Jones Group www.tealjones.com | Surrey | Western red cedar lumber, bevel, siding, timbers; Douglas Fir and Hemlock lumber; western red cedar roofing, sidewall shakes and shingles | 1947 | 575 | 475 |
| 4 | Creation Technologies www.creationtech.com | Burnaby | Creation Technologies is a global Top-50 Electronic Manufacturing Service provider focused on OEMs who require high-mix, high-complexity start-to-finish design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the Instrumentation & Industrial, Transportation, Medical, Multimedia & Computers, Communications, Defense and Environment & Security industries. | 1991 | 480 | 4102 |
| 5 | Original Cakerie Ltd www.cakerie.com | Delta | Layer cakes, super bars, dessert bars | 1989 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | S&R Sawmills Ltd NA | Surrey | Lumber and sawn timber | 1963 | 3801 | 3801 |
| 7 | Richmond Plywood Corp www.richply.com | Richmond | Plywood | 1956 | 376 | 375 |
| 8 | Teleflex Canada Ltd www.teleflexcanada.com | NP | Design and manufacture of hydraulic and thermal technology products | 1974 | 350 | 350 |
| 9 | Ocean Fisheries Ltd www.oceanfish.com | Richmond | Canned salmon and tuna, salads, shellfish, Snack'N lunch, SnacKits, light tuna with salad dressing | 1962 | 312 | 312 |
| 10 | Lilydale Food Products www.lilydale.com | Edmonton | poultry - for processing; chicken - fresh, chilled and/or frozen; turkey - processed; poultry - value added products | 1970 | 300 | 300 |
| 10 | Coast Spas Manufacturing Inc (Coast Group of Companies) www.coastspas.com www.tublicious.com www.wellnesshottubs.com | Langley | Acrylic hot tubs/spas, swim spas, fitness spas and commercial hot tubs | 1997 | 300 | 300 |
| 10 | Regency Fireplace Products Ltd www.regency-fire.com | Delta | Wood and gas fireplaces, stoves and inserts | 1979 | 300 | 300 |
| 10 | Premium Brands3 www.premiumbrands holdings.com | Richmond | Meat and seafood products for Centennial Foodservice and deli meats | 1917 | 600 | 3004 |
| 14 | Canada Bread Company Ltd www.canadabread.ca | NP | Fresh bakery products | NP | 2801 | 2801 |
| 15 | Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc www.toyota.ca | Toronto | Aluminum automotive wheel hubs | 1983 | 275 | 275 |
| 16 | Canadian Fishing Company www.goldseal.ca | Vancouver | Fresh, frozen, canned and smoked salmon; herring roe; groundfish fillets, halibut and other fish products | 1906 | 1,2731 | 2621 |
| 17 | Alpha Technologies Ltd www.alpha.ca | Burnaby | Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and back up power solutions, power rectifiers, converters, inverters, indoor and outdoor power system enclosures, generators and batteries | 1975 | 453 | 260 |
| 18 | Chevron Canada Limited - Burnaby Refinery www.chevron.ca | San Ramon, California | 50,000 to 55,000 barrels of motor gasolines, diesel and jet fuels, asphalts, heating fuels, heavy fuel oils, butanes and propane every day | 1935 | 255 | 255 |
| 19 | Hampton House, division of J.D. Sweld Ltd www.jdsweid.com | Langley | Poultry and red meat further processors serving the retail and food-service markets | 1979 | 250 | 250 |
| 19 | Molson Coors Canada (Vancouver Brewery) www.molsoncoors.com | Etobicoke, ON | Molson Canadian | 17865 | 250 | 250 |
| 19 | Burnaby Lake Greenhouses Ltd www.burlake.com | Surrey | Indoor plant products including planter baskets and cut flowers | 1955 | 250 | 250 |
| 19 | Hallmark Poultry Processors Ltd www.hallmarkpoultry.com | Vancouver | Poultry for processing: fresh chicken, chilled and frozen | 1975 | 250 | 250 |
| 19 | Freybe Gourmet Foods Ltd www.freybe.com | Langley | Over 120 varieties of sausages, ham and specialty deli meats | 1844 | 350 | 250 |
| 24 | Purdys Chocolatier www.purdys.com | Vancouver | Chocolates, fresh nuts (roasted onsite) | 1907 | 720 | 243 |
| 25 | Britco Structures6 www.britco.com | Langley | prefabricated buildings - wood frame construction; modular homes | 1977 | 4001 | 2301 |
| 26 | Arc'Teryx Equipment Inc www.arcteryx.com | North Vancouver | Sporting goods and equipment, outerwear clothing | 1989 | 541 | 226 |
| 27 | Britco Pork Inc www.donaldsfinefoods.com | Richmond | Pork products | 1982 | 225 | 225 |
| 27 | Superior Poultry Processors Ltd www.superiorpoultry.com | Coquitlam | Fresh, chilled and/or frozen poultry | 1983 | 2251 | 2251 |
| 29 | Philips Ledalite www.ledalite.com | Langley | Premium quality, high performance luminaires, optics, and controls | 1982 | 320 | 220 |
| 30 | Oce Display Graphics Systems Inc global.oce.com | Venlo, Netherlands | Oce is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Richmond office designs and manufactures digital production wide-format printing systems for color display graphics applications | 1870 | 212 | 212 |
| 31 | Delta Controls Inc www.deltacontrols.com | Surrey | Card reader/access systems, access devices and systems, control system, building automation systems, HVAC control systems | 1980 | 210 | 210 |
| 32 | Lantic Inc/Rogers Sugar www.lantic.ca | Montreal | Refined sugars (excl. cane and beet) | 1890 | 205 | 205 |
| 33 | Global Plastics www.globalplastics.com | Surrey | Food-service equipment (hotel, restaurant, hospital, etc.); washroom accessories | 1985 | 200 | 200 |
| 33 | K-Line Trailers Ltd www.klinetrailers.com | Langley | U.S. and Canadian style truck transfers, multi-axle lowbeds, mine equipment, bulk and/or waste haulers, demolition vans, end and side dumps and other specialty trailers | 1991 | 2001 | 2001 |
| 33 | Starline Windows (2001) Ltd www.starlinewindows.com | Langley | Vinyl and aluminum windows | 1970 | 200 | 200 |
| 33 | Tree Island Steel Ltd www.treeisland.com | Richmond | Bright wire, stainless steel wire and galvanized wire; a broad array of fasteners, including packaged, collated and bulk nails; stucco reinforcing products, engineered structural mesh, fencing and other fabricated wire products. | 1964 | 250 | 200 |
| 33 | CKF Inc www.royalchinet.com | Hantsport, NS | trays, n.e.s.; containers - plastic; cartons - egg; plates, n.e.s.; pulp; cartons-egg; trays | 1933 | 200 | 200 |
| 33 | Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. www.vanship.com | Vancouver | commercial vessels, n.e.s.; ship refits and repairs; ships - steel; barge/tug boats; boats - welded aluminum | 1902 | 2,400 | 200 |
| 33 | Vitrum Industries Ltd www.vitrumindustries.com | Langley | Laminated glass, insulated glass, solar-control coated class, sound control, tempered glass, patterned glass, silkscreened glass, painted glass | 1997 | 200 | 200 |
| 40 | Punjab Milk Foods Inc www.nanakfoods.com | Surrey | Indian dairy products such as Paneer (Indian cheese), ghee (clarified butter), rasmalai, paneer pakora, paneer poppers, aloo tikki, gulabjamun, essentially cheese, appetizers, desserts and Indian confectionary products | 1997 | 1831 | 183 |
| 41 | Stylus, Made To Order Sofas www.stylussofas.com | Burnaby | Upholstered household furniture manufacturing | 1959 | 180 | 180 |
| 42 | ESCO Ltd www.escocorp.com | Portland, OR | woodland/sawmill log handling equipment and parts; excavating, dredging and loading equipment; construction and maintenance machinery and equipment (incl. respective tractor and truck attachments); recycling equipment and supplies; conveyor equipment; machinery equipment and parts (industrial), n.e.s. | NP | 1757 | 1757 |
| 42 | Ebco Industries Ltd www.ebco.com | Richmond | ISO 9001-2008 registered manufacturer of equipment, machinery and related components for the forestry, pulp and paper, mining, power generation, petro-chemical, nuclear,aerospace and defence industries | 1956 | 1751 | 1751 |
| 44 | Coastal Contacts Inc (ClearlyContacts.ca) www.coastalcontacts.com | Vancouver | Optical - glasses specifically | 2000 | 394 | 171 |
| 45 | Whitewater West Industries Ltd www.whitewaterwest.com | Richmond | Amusement park and playground equipment, water slides, soft modular playground equipment | 1981 | 165 | 165 |
| 45 | Bulldog Bag Ltd www.bulldogbag.com | Richmond | Complete line in both paper and plastic bags, as well as lumber wrap and industrial covers | 1964 | 165 | 165 |
| 47 | VAE Nortrak Ltd www.nortrak.com | Richmond | Rails and railway track material | 1983 | 160 | 160 |
| 47 | Norampac Inc (Richmond) www.norampac.com | St-Bruno, QC | corrugated paper products (excl. boxes); containers - paper & paperboard; boxes - paper corrugated; cartons, n.e.s. | 1971 | 160 | 160 |
| 49 | Wesgar Inc www.wesgar.com | Port Coquitlam | Metalwork assemblies, electronic enclosures, brackets and housings, face plates and custom sheet metal products | 1965 | 195 | 159 |
| 50 | Premium Brands8 www.premiumbrands holdings.com | Richmond | Meat and seafood products for Centennial Foodservice and deli meats | 1917 | 600 | 1504 |
| 50 | SORIN GROUP Canada Inc www.sorin.com | Milan, Italy | Cardiovascular devices | 1982 | 1501 | 1501 |
| 52 | Beachcomber Hot Tubs Group www.beachcomberhottubs.com | Surrey | Hot tubs | 1978 | 180 | 142 |
| 53 | Con-Force Structures Limited9 www.armtec.com | Calgary | Precast concrete products for structural & other architectural purposes, n.e.s. | NP | 140 | 140 |
| 54 | Garaventa (Canada) Ltd www.garaventa.ca | NP | Wheelchair stair lifts | 1974 | 1381 | 1381 |
| 55 | Bekaert Canada Ltd www.bekaert.com | Belgium | Wire rope and multiple wire strand, wire rope, galvanized and bright wire | NP | 1351 | 1351 |
| 56 | Garden Protein International www.gardenprotein.com | Richmond | Meat-free foods are marketed under the gardeinĀ™ brand. Both frozen and fresh items that are sold at natural food stores and grocery stores in Canada and the US; also on the menu at restaurants and university and corporate cafeterias. | 2003 | 1721 | 1301 |
| 57 | GEA Aerofreeze Systems Inc www.aerofreeze.com | Richmond | Heat exchangers (excl. air conditioning and refrigeration) - industrial; refrigeration equipment (excl. industrial fans); freezers - industrial, commercial | 1979 | 128 | 128 |
| 58 | Allied Shipbuilders Ltd www.alliedship.com | North Vancouver | ships and boats (with or without engines); boats - fishing; commercial vessels, n.e.s.; boat sub-assemblies, parts & accessories (excl. engines & engine parts); ship refits and repairs; barges & scows, steel | 1948 | 120 | 120 |
| 58 | Honeywell Process Solutions www.honeywell.com | Morristown, NJ | Advanced sensing, control and actuation technologies for industrial processes | 1972 | 2001 | 1201 |
| 58 | Interstyle Ceramic & Glass Ltd www.interstyle.ca | Burnaby | Glass tiles, ceramic tiles, glass slabs | 1977 | 120 | 120 |
| 58 | Westkey Graphics www.westkeygraphics.com | Burnaby | prime custom and blank labels, office stationery, commercial print, large format, digital, online variable personalization, cheques, business forms, integrated form/label solutions, booklets, brochures & envelopes. Westkey also offers online ordering, storage and distribution throughout North America. | 1955 | 138 | 120 |
| 58 | Nature's Path Foods Inc www.naturespath.com | Richmond | North America's largest organic food processor and marketer of breakfast cereal; granola cereals; granola bars, gluten-free foods, frozen toaster waffles, toaster pastries, pancake mixes, Que Pasa tortilla chips and Salsas | 1985 | 185 | 120 |
| 63 | Weyerhaeuser Company Limited www.weyerhaeuser.com | Federal Way, WA | Engineered lumber, softwood lumber | 1965 | 434 | 119 |
| 64 | Hemlock Printers Ltd www.hemlock.com | Burnaby | Complete printing services specializing in advertising collateral, fine art printing, packaging, publications, direct marketing, stationery, fulfillment services and corporate communications | 1968 | 165 | 115 |
| 64 | Serta - Western Sleep Products Ltd www.sertacanada.com | Burnaby | B.C.'s largest producer of quality Serta mattress and box springs both for retail and commercial use | 1967 | 140 | 115 |
| 64 | Great Little Box Co Ltd www.glbc.com | Richmond | Manufacturer of packaging including corrugated boxes, folding cartons, rigid boxes, clea pvc containers, foam protective packaging, pressure sensetive labels, flexible packaging, moving equipment and shipping supplies. | 1982 | 205 | 115 |
| 67 | Advanced Integration Technology Canada inc www.aint.com | Langley | Advanced Integration Technology ("AIT") designs, engineers, manufactures and installs machines, systems and tooling for the automated assemblies of aerospace structures, including fuselage, wings, and empannage. | 2004 | 114 | 114 |
| 68 | Dynamic Structures Ltd www.empireds.com | Port Coquitlam | Steel fabricator for dynamic, complex structures across a variety of market sectors including astronomy, entertainment and infrastructure | 1926 | 112 | 112 |
| 69 | Keith Panel Systems Co Ltd www.keithpanel.com | North Vancouver | Pressure equalized rain screen systems and custom facade elements | 1986 | 130 | 110 |
| 70 | PMC-Sierra www.pmc-sierra.com | Sunnyvale, CA | NP | 1992 | 5001 | 1091 |
| 71 | Highland Foundry Ltd www.highlandfoundry.com | Surrey | Iron, steel & alloys; castings - steel; nickel and nickel alloys (incl. basic shapes); dies and moulds; marine propellers; castings - metal; castings - monel; castings - ni-hard or ni-resist; castings - stainless steel; castings - sawmill | 1970 | 135 | 105 |
| 72 | Ellett Industries Ltd www.ellett.ca | Port Coquitlam | Heat exchangers, pressure vessels, towers, reactors, crystallizers, evaporators, tanks and pipe spools | 1921 | 1001 | 1001 |
| 72 | Alco Ventures Inc www.alcoventures.com | Langley | Aluminum railings, aluminum fencing, topless glass rail systems, retractable door and window screens | 1981 | 100 | 100 |
| 72 | Restwell Mattress Company Ltd www.restwell.com | Surrey | Mattresses and box springs | 1990 | 100 | 100 |
| 72 | Lafarge Canada - Richmond cement plant www.lafarge-na.com | NP | Cement | NP | 100 | 100 |
| 72 | Ocean Concrete www.oceanconcrete.com | Vancouver | Ready-mix concrete | 1886 | 140 | 100 |
| 72 | Cloverdale Paint Inc www.cloverdalepaint.com | NP | Paints and related paint products; protective and industrial coatings, lacquers, enamels, marine paint coatings - protective & industrial; enamels; lacquers; paint - marine | 1938 | 120 | 1004 |
| 72 | Prepac Manufacturing Ltd www.prepacmfg.com | Delta | Ready-to-assemble home furniture. Categories include bedroom furniture, A/V furniture, media storage, office furniture, entryway and hallway furniture, garage and utility storage cabinets | 1979 | 120 | 100 |
| 72 | Canron Western Constructors Ltd10 www.supremegroup.com | Edmonton | Structural steel | 1912 | 1501 | 1001 |
| 72 | Dynamic Chocolates ULC www.dynamicchocolates.com | Delta | Chocolate confectionery | 1991 | 1001 | 1001 |
| 72 | Sunrise Soya Foods www.sunrise-soya.com | Vancouver | Tofu, soy beverages | 1956 | 1007 | 100 |
| 82 | Western Concord Manufacturing Ltd www.westernconcord.com | New Westminster | Plastic film for consumer and industrial markets. Film is extruded and then converted to bags, rolls, pouches and sleeves for use. | 1971 | 901 | 901 |
| 82 | Lehigh Hanson Materials Ltd www.lehighcement.com | Allentown, PA | Cement | 1980 | 901 | 901 |
| 84 | Van Gogh Designs www.vangoghdesigns.com | Surrey | Custom-designed home furniture: sofas, chairs, beds and accessories | 1993 | 88 | 88 |
| 85 | Dorigo Systems Ltd www.dorigo.com | Burnaby | Electronic manufacturing services (EMS), contract electronics manufacturing (CEM) | 1988 | 871 | 871 |
| 86 | Stemcell Technologies Inc www.stemcell.com | Vancouver | Cell culture media, cell separation products and ancillary reagents, lab automation equipment, contract research services | 1993 | 413 | 86 |
| 87 | Rimex Wheel Manufacturing www.rimex.com | Surrey | Wheels and rims | 1976 | 1601 | 851 |
| 87 | FLSmidth Knelson www.knelson.com | Langley | Mineral processing equipment and custom steel fabrication, pressure vessels | 1978 | 160 | 85 |
| 87 | Vancouver Gear Works Ltd www.vangear.com | Richmond | Machine components, especially gears, sprockets, splines, racks and other parts. | 1952 | 85 | 85 |
| 90 | Golden Boy Foods Ltd www.goldenboyfoods.com | Burnaby | Peanut butter, nut butter, trail mixes, snacking nuts, raisins, dried fruits, baking nuts, rice, beans, lentils, peas and other dry goods | 1973 | 126 | 82 |
| 91 | EWOS Canada Ltd www.ewos.com | Norway | Fish feed, fish feed ingredients | 1931 | 80 | 80 |
| 91 | Pacbrake OEM www.pacbrake.com | Surrey | NP | 1961 | 804 | 804 |
| 91 | English Bay Batter www.englishbaycookies.com | Delta | Frozen cookie dough, muffin batter, gourmet cookies, muffins, brownies, fruit bars, graham crumbs, biscuts, scones, cinnamon bunds, crescent rolls, pie crusts | 1985 | 804 | 804 |
| 91 | Merit Kitchens Ltd www.merit-kitchens.com | Surrey | Kitchen cabinetry and bathroom vanities | 1971 | 801 | 801 |
| 91 | Viva Pharmaceutical www.vivapharm.com | Richmond | Cosmetics (face, body and feet); vitamins and vitamin preparations; herbal and pharmaceutical products, nutritional supplements | 1994 | 80 | 80 |
| 91 | Pacific Rim Engineered Products Ltd www.prepglobal.com | Surrey | Mechanical power transmission and parts; reducers - speed; gear transmissions | NP | 804 | 804 |
| 97 | Pentco Industries Inc www.pentco.com | Surrey | Wood cabinet doors | 1979 | 754 | 754 |
| 97 | Analytic Systems Ware (1993) Ltd www.analyticsystems.com | Delta | DC/AC inverters, DC/DC voltage converters, AC/DC power supplies, solar energy equipment, AC & DC source battery chargers, AC/AC frequency converters | 1976 | 80 | 75 |
| 97 | Ampco Manufacturers Inc www.ampcomfg.com | Coquitlam | Decals, nameplates, wide-format graphic fleet and vehicle wraps, medical device components, fabricated components, supply chain solutions | 1967 | 105 | 75 |
| 100 | Garibaldi Glass Industries Inc www.garibaldiglass.com | Burnaby | glass - insulated; glass - tempered; glasswork; glass - ceramic frit | 1966 | 120 | 70 |
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